What was found
UPON PREFLIGHT THE PILOT DOOR WAS OPENED AND THE JETTISON HANDLE COVER WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED. IT WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- September 28, 2018
- Submitted
- September 28, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N230TJ
- Make and model
- Urocop EC130T2
- Aircraft serial
- 7966
- Aircraft time
- 850 hours, 3,996 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL2D
- Engine time
- 850 hours, 2,203 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5210 · Passenger/Crew Doors
- Part
- Cover
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Pilots Door
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.